Apraxia: Introduction

Apraxia:
Apraxia is a
neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or
carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire ... more about Apraxia.

Apraxia: A neurological disorder where the sufferer is unable to perform familiar actions such as tying shoelaces even though they understand the action required.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Apraxia is available below.

Misdiagnosis and Apraxia

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to speak.
This was...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or ...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines...read more »

Apraxia: Animations

Prognosis for Apraxia

Prognosis for Apraxia:
The
prognosis for individuals with apraxia varies, With therapy, some patients
improve significantly, while others may show very little improvement.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Apraxia Information Page: NINDS)

Article Excerpts about Apraxia

Apraxia is a
neurological disorder characterized by loss of the ability to execute or
carry out learned (familiar) movements, despite having the desire and the
physical ability to perform the movements.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Apraxia Information Page: NINDS)

Definitions of Apraxia:

A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function. The two major subtypes of this condition are ideomotor (see APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR) and ideational apraxia, which refers to loss of the ability to mentally formulate the processes involved with performing an action. For example, dressing apraxia may result from an inability to mentally formulate the act of placing clothes on the body. Apraxias are generally associated with lesions of the dominant PARIETAL LOBE and supramarginal gyrus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp56-7)
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Apraxia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Apraxia, or a subtype of Apraxia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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